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AN organism capable of breaking down indoleacetic acid has been isolated in pure culture and characterized as a member of the genus Pseudomonas (Migula), but it does not correspond to any of the species described in the sixth edition of “Bergey's Manual of a Determinative Bacteriology”.
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PROCTOR, M. Bacterial Dissimilation of Indoleacetic Acid: a New Route of Breakdown of the Indole Nucleus. Nature 181, 1345 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811345a0
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